Great idea - I'm going to take personal action to stop my data from getting into the hands of corporations. Now all I need to do is... - Stop using credit card

Great idea - I'm going to take personal action to stop my data from getting into the hands of corporations. Now all I need to do is... - Stop using credit cards and taking loans, or go through every payment processor's arcane process to stop them from sharing my transaction data with advertisers - Learn what a "tracking pixel" and "device fingerprinting" is and install browsers/extensions to block these technologies, breaking several websites in the process - Stop receiving images in my emails - Decompile and screen all my mobile apps to make sure they don't use something like Foursquare's Movement SDK, which allows app developers to create location-aware apps at the cost of sending their users' location data to Foursquare, who then sells it. Foursquare is just one of a half-dozen companies who do this and probably the most transparent, so I've got my work cut out for me. - Gather a list of all major customer segment providers (companies like Neustar and Claritas) and figure out where and how they get their individual-level data (this is often a fiercely guarded trade secret) so that I can avoid making it into their data collection funnels. - Find a mobile carrier who won't sell my cell phone data. - Find a pharmacy who won't sell my aggregated prescription data to IQVia or one of its competitors - Stop voting (voter rolls are often public or buyable and include your address) - Never donate directly to a political campaign - Only buy a house via an LLC with a registered agent - Only deal with merchants who won't sell my transaction history Yeah, this seems easier and more tenable than privacy legislation. Definitely.